The Spoliarium is a painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna.

Luna, working on
canvas, spent eight months completing the painting which depicts dying
gladiators. The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de
Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid, where it garnered the first gold medal.
Spoliarium is a Latin word referring to the basement of the Roman Colosseum
where the fallen and dying gladiators are dumped and devoid of their worldly
possessions. At the center of Luna's painting are fallen gladiators being
dragged by Roman soldiers. It represents various emotions being portrayed
especially during that period wherein people are too brutal and vicious to
value the importance of life and how huge an impact it leaves to a lot of people
and this is being presented by the woman in the portrait.
Spoliarium, shows how the Filipinos were treated before when they were
colonized by Spaniards. He actually indicated the purpose of Juan Luna for
painting Spoliarium which is painted to awaken Filipinos from ignorance,
blindness, mental darkness and oppression.